Found 19 matches.
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Nationwide, federal allocations for juvenile justice programs decreased by nearly 48% during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized. In Nevada, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a 66% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Righting Wrongs: The Five-Year Groundswell of State Bans on Life Without Parole for Children
Tags: Nevada | West Virginia | National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
Report from Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth highlights recent legislative reforms, some of the key stakeholders involved, and some of the lives impacted by these reforms.
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Infographic: It Takes a Village - Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
Summary of brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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It Takes a Village: Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
This brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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Nevada A.B. 202, 2013
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Nevada A.B. 202, 2013, raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction.
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Nevada S.B. 107, 2013
Tags: Nevada | General System Reform | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
Nevada's S.B. 107, 2013, restricting the use of solitary confinement for youth.
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Nevada Curbs Laws Treating Youth as Adults
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
Nevada raised the age at which youth may be automatically transferred to adult court for murder or attempted murder from 14 to 16. However, the law simultaneously lowers the age for prosecutorial transfer of felonies from 14 to 13. The law also allows youth charged as adults to petition the court to be held in juvenile facilities while awaiting trial. Lastly, the law creates a task force to study best practices for prosecuting youth as adults and the costs and benefits of such policies. The task force is to present its recommendations to the legislature in 2015. A.B. 202/Act No. 483, signed into law June 11, 2013; effective July 1, 2013, October 1, 2013 and October 1, 2014.
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Older Youth Held in Adult Jails for Probation Violations are Protected from Longer Stays
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
A law limiting the length of detention to 30 days for youth under the age of 18 who violate probation now also applies to youth between the ages of 18 and 21 who have been placed on juvenile probation or parole and are being held in adult county jail. A.B. 207/Act No. 422, signed into law June 6, 2013; effective October 1, 2013.
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Nevada Limits Use of Solitary Confinement
Tags: Nevada | Institutional Conditions | Legislation
Nevada restricted the use of solitary confinement of youth in detention facilities statewide and banned the use of isolation as discipline or punishment. Youth may be held in solitary confinement only if they present a serious and immediate risk of harm to themselves or others and all other options have been exhausted, and the length of their confinement must be the minimum amount required to address the risk of harm. S.B. 107/Act No. 324, signed into law June 1, 2013; effective October 1, 2013.
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Loitering and Curfew Violations May No Longer Be Treated as Delinquency Offenses in Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Status Offenses | Legislation
Nevada youth who violate curfew or loitering ordinances may no longer be adjudicated as delinquent, but must instead be treated as children in need of supervision. The law also reduces the number of days that youth may be held in detention or shelter care pending the filing of a petition alleging delinquency or need of supervision, decreasing the term from eight days to four. S.B. 108/Act No. 191, signed into law May 27, 2013; effective October 1, 2013.
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Nevada Increases Sharing of Information to Improve Service Delivery
Tags: Nevada | Confidentiality | Legislation
Nevada law now requires the sharing of juvenile court-involved youth’s educational, welfare, and delinquency records among schools, courts, parole and probation officers, physicians, substance abuse providers, parents, district attorneys, and other entities in order to ensure proper service delivery. The law limits who is eligible to receive such information, emphasizes confidentiality, and prohibits sharing that would violate federal educational or health care privacy laws. The purpose of the law is to ensure proper placement of youth, provision of appropriate services and treatment, and appropriate conditions of probation. Information shared pursuant to the law’s requirements may not be used to deny youth educational, mental health, medical, social, or legal services that the youth would otherwise be eligible for. S.B. 31/Act No. 155, signed into law May 25, 2013; effective July 1, 2013.
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Nevada Committee to Evaluate and Review Juvenile Justice Issues, S.B. 3
Tags: Nevada | General System Reform | Legislation
Nevada’s Legislative Committee on Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice is charged with evaluating and reviewing issues relating to juvenile justice, including community-based programs and services within and outside of the state; programs for aftercare and reintegration; overrepresentation and disparate treatment of minorities; gender-specific services; quality of care in state facilities; and the feasibility and necessity of independent monitoring of state facilities.
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Nevada Invalidates Presumptive Certification Statute, A.B. 237
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation
The Nevada Supreme Court threw out the presumptive certification statute that allowed prosecutors to transfer certain cases to adult court, finding that the statute violated youths’ constitutional right against self-incrimination. The court’s unanimous ruling states that the law’s “requirement that a juvenile admit the charged criminal conduct, and thereby incriminate himself, in order to overcome the presumption of adult supervision is unconstitutional.” The Nevada Legislature codified the court’s 2009 ruling and raised the threshold age at which a youth may be certified as an adult under presumptive certification from 14 to 16.
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Nevada Supreme Court Strikes Down Presumptive Certification Statute, In re William M., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 95 (Nev. 2008)
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Nevada Supreme Court threw out the presumptive certification statute that allowed prosecutors to transfer certain cases to adult court, finding that the statute violated youths’ constitutional right against self-incrimination. The court’s unanimous ruling states that the law’s “requirement that a juvenile admit the charged criminal conduct, and thereby incriminate himself, in order to overcome the presumption of adult supervision is unconstitutional.” The Nevada Legislature codified the court’s 2009 ruling and raised the threshold age at which a youth may be certified as an adult under presumptive certification from 14 to 16.
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Nevada Indigent Defense Standards of Performance, Nevada Supreme Court, October 16, 2008
Tags: Nevada | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Court Decisions and Related Documents
The Nevada State Supreme Court adopted performance standards for indigent defense in April of 2009. The standards include a detailed section on delinquency cases, which covers the role of defense counsel, provision of adequate time and resources, client interviewing, detention hearings, plea negotiations, adjudication hearings, transfer proceedings, and many other topics.
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Nevada's Sex Offender Laws Being Reviewed, Associated Press
Tags: Nevada | Sex Offender Registries | Media
Article about the Nevada legislature's response to a court finding that parts of the Adam Walsh Act are unconstitutional.
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Defendant's Reply, District Court, Family Division, Clark County, Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Reply on behalf of defendant against court's refusal to find that juvenile sex offender notification and registry laws are unconstitutional as applied. Defendant's counsel argues that the effect of the laws is to criminalize behavior, which the in the vast majority of cases the child will outgrow and/or respond appropriately to treatment.
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Defendant's Motion, In the Matter of N.R., Case No. J 304169, District Court, Family Division, Clark County, Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Motion on behalf of a juvenile sex offender arguing that application of lifetime supervision, community notification and registration as a sex offender and the other restrictions on a juvenile pursuant to the Adam Walsh Act are punitive, extreme and counterproductive.
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In re William M., 124 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 95
Tags: Nevada | Youth in the Adult System | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Nevada Supreme Court case striking down presumptive certification statute that allowed prosecutors to file cases directly in adult court. The court found that the statute violated juveniles' constitutional right against self-incrimination.